Seeing: * the sun! Could it be actually Spring? Hearing: * the sounds of Northern Germany rediscovering life out-of-doors. Tasting: * Wirsingkohlroulade in the cafeteria at the university and it was not good. Smelling: * dust. Can you smell dust? Maybe not, but I swear I do. Feeling: * a sore lower back from all …
Tag: Five Senses Friday
Five Senses Friday no. 43 (Seattle Edition)
I’m winding up my week at home with the family, so I couldn’t resist wrapping it all up in a Five Senses Friday list… Seeing: * Tracy Kidder, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains, speak at Benaroya Hall. It was only by complete chance that I heard about his lecture on the radio and was able …
Five Senses Friday no. 42
Seeing: * Black Swan. Friends I talked to psyched me up for how scary it was. So, of course, the actual film was much less scary than it was built up to be in my head. Dang it. Hearing: * 80’s music at a themed birthday party last weekend. It was the first time I’ve been …
Five Senses Friday no. 41
Seeing: * the news about the release of Radiohead’s new album! Hearing: * the train conductor on the way to Dresden speaking Sächsisch with a local gentleman in our compartment, and then doing the same as he checked our tickets. I had to really, really strain to understand him. Tasting: * what was allegedly “Alaska” …